I destroyed this lens last month not not
the lens that we're talking about today
by the way how's it replaced it though I
found a used one online for like 150
bucks what are the odds
didn't want to show you guys a lens that
I have used for like the last six to
seven months it's just given me a lot of
value it's just one lens so we're gonna
try to go really quick in the hopes that
maybe when we wrap all this up we can do
a little bit of a QA regular viewers
will know that I have a bit of a
tendency to break my gear about eight or
so months ago I completely shattered my
iphone 8 plus the big one whatever the
big one is I'd been using these really
cheap bumper cases that I've been
ordering online but they're not the best
quality and it's like pieces of case
everywhere anyway after replacing my
iphone in my search for a new case I
came across this company called Rhino
shield and one of the things that
attracted me to it is the fact that they
had this little this little lens where
did I this little guy right here this
little thing is both a wide-angle and
macro lens so you can get really wide
and super super close so it gives you
your phone's normal camera lens plus a
really wide lens and I really I don't
really have to explain why that's a good
thing right like even Apple has now
having three cameras okay we can move on
so this lens has literally been in that
little pocket in the side of my jeans
for the last six months everywhere I've
gone I have shot entire videos on this
lens I particularly love it for
landscapes and almost every landscape
picture that I have shared to Twitter in
like the last six months is actually
coming straight from this life and the
best part is I haven't managed to break
it yet like I've dropped this thing a
lot the case itself has taken a lot of
damage the lens has some scratches in
fact the adapter for it has just
completely snapped but it still fits in
there snug and doesn't fall off when I
shake the phone and it still works and
not a single scratch on the glass so far
so I think we're back okay I am just
disaster prone welcome welcome to my
world getting back to it one of the
other functions that I like that I
actually don't use that often is is the
macro one you can unscrew this and then
you can just attach that right to the
phone just like that you can get really
close up shots on
like this I like this little thing is
definitely added a lot to my life I've
gotten more use out of this than I have
with the three GoPros I'd own put
together and considering the fact that
this the adapter and the case all
together still costs less than like one
fifth of a GoPro or something I think
all together it came to like a hundred
dollars I would honestly say it was a
hundred dollars well spent and because
of that and how many people I asked what
kind of camera they should bring to
Japan or if they should buy a GoPro or
all of that stuff I just kind of wanted
to share this with you guys it's a cheap
and viable option I've actually gone
ahead and set myself up with an
affiliate link with Rhino shield it'll
be linked down below if you're
interested keep in mind though I'm not
gonna be getting rich off of the few
dollars from a case or lens purchase so
do not get it if your goal is to support
me or the channel or just if you're
looking for something that will give you
a little more flexibility with your
phone or even a little more fun in your
photos then there it is it's it's it's
linked I think I think that's all I want
to say about this I posted on Instagram
that I was going to do a Q&A so let's
jump through a couple questions now
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I uh I grab some coffee because because
I needed an eighty coffee so we're gonna
jump into this Q&A there's actually a
lot of really good questions here that I
liked one of the first ones is is living
in Japan more expensive than living in
the USA and that's kind of a general
question because even the u.s. depending
on where you live countryside city ala
Japan's kind of the same but one tiny
pro tip which is actually a massive pro
tip for Tokyo more often than not right
near major stations in Tokyo there are
actually really cheap places to live
people just expect it to be expensive so
there tend to be these spots right near
the station that are open and more
affordable than places that might be
like five ten minutes away from the
station you've got to be willing to put
in the time to find them but they do
exist outside of that if you're smart
with your money and tend to cook more
than eating out you you can save money
no matter where you are I've never
really felt that big of a difference
between home and here despite Tokyo
being expensive this question is
actually for the podcast but I wanted to
address it in here and says I'm loving
the episode when you talked about noises
in Japan tips on how you cope with them
I've actually got two things that I do
to tend to deal with noise this room
itself is treated with acoustic blankets
in fact I have I've got some right here
it's made it so that the echo that was
in the room like when I first moved into
this place I just moved into my new
place which really needs to get sound
treated has really been dealt with then
it also blocks out a lot of sound from
outside the other thing that I tend to
do when I'm editing just so I can focus
is noise cancelling headphones however I
would not recommend them when walking
the city especially with the number of
hybrid vehicles out there you do run the
risk of getting hit by a car just okay
actually got a couple of these so I
really wanted to address this one this
is I'm gonna be in Japan in October a
lot of people are coming to Japan in
October like I'm really excited about
it's a beautiful month by the way and
there's plenty of stuff to do I
recommend checking out things like time
out
Tokyo Tokyo cheapo they always have a
great list of events but unfortunately I
won't be here in Tokyo in October
November I will just for a tiny bit but
I'm actually going back to Canada for a
while and you better bet if I can swing
some kind of meetup or event in Canada
we are we are gonna be doing it this is
a really good one in my answer on this
one has been evolving over time it says
what are the top places you recommend to
a first-time and traveler to Japan and
why for a long time I was stuck on the
like get out of Tokyo do the countryside
and I still agree with that fully but I
kind of feel like you need to experience
Tokyo in order to give yourself that gap
the juxtaposition that makes you
appreciate the Japanese countryside even
more like you're gonna appreciate it
either way because the countryside is
amazing and if you're looking for a more
detailed answer than that I actually did
a full like 45-minute podcast episode
called best spots in Japan outside of
Tokyo Kyoto etc where I just shared a
massive list of places it was really
really machine-gun style so if you're
you want more go don't check it out I
want to see a video with your new
shamisen new playing would be nice you
know what I'm glad you mention it it's
what I've wanted to do lately where I
just kind of like sit down and just do a
bit of shamisen practice with you guys
it's like
like that let me put this away maybe I
should just go ahead and do it though if
you're interested in shamisen content
let me know down below what you'd like
to see out of like a shiny same video or
stream like if you want to learn about
it do you just want me to do some like
practice on camera do you want to hear a
song iiiii wouldn't even know where to
begin I love it all
when is the video on the making of your
desk coming out if you're unaware I had
this desk custom made by a company up in
Hokkaido it was all made by one man from
start to finish and that video is coming
out very soon his craftsmanship was just
out of this world it was a lot of fun
it's just a lot of footage it took four
months to document the entire thing so
want to do questions in here about my
fitness routine I've actually been
working on a video for the last couple
months of me getting it back in shape I
don't know if I'm ever gonna release it
but I guess we'll see will you do any
livestream walks again I love those
episodes I should really really enjoy
the live streams it's probably one of my
favorite things because it gives us the
opportunity to directly interact maybe I
should really mix the two just take
chummy soon take a live stream and just
put them together also just the walks
outside and just kind of showing it
Tokyo I definitely you know what let's
let's do another one of those before the
end of the year hold me to it
what are your everyday fears as just a
person and vlogger and all that actually
I'm constantly stressed about running
out of time there's never enough time to
do everything that I want to do in the
day from exercise to shamisen practice
editing content creation podcasting you
name it there's just never enough time
as for the Q & A section of this episode
III think we'll just wrap that up right
there and again when it comes to the
lens itself if that's something that you
would get you set of I hope that that
gave you
some value if it doesn't and whatever I
hope that you enjoyed the QA the video
this whole Tokyo Tuesday that we have
done here to get I spoke previously
about a video going out that's only
gonna be up for 24 hours and then it's
gonna be gone that got delayed a little
bit I'm still being pushed back just a
tiny bit more we might see that in
somewhere in October or November so if
you're interested in being a part of it
make sure you have notifications on as
soon as I stop the camera today I'm
actually gonna be recording a podcast
episode with an extended version of the
Q&A so if if this wasn't enough for you
feel free to jump over the podcast for
now and before I do all of that I think
I'm just gonna play shamisen for a few
more minutes so thank you guys for
joining and I will see you again real
soon
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